Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-14
FARM NOTES.

| In setting new asparagus plants have
| the crowns 4 to inches below the sur
| face.
/ A little time apent In care of the front
yard, and in growing flowers, will not be
wasted time.
| Normandy is noted for its fine butter.
| They use glazed earthenware pots for
holding the milk and place them in cool
running water.
New York farmer says he failed to
get crop of turnips until he used I'M
leached ashes to fertiliZe the ground.
Ashes will raise crop on any kind of
land.
Where butter is the object, quantity of
milk is of less consequence that quality,
| although large flow of milk, verv rich
In cream, may be always desirable.
Except for breeding purposes, all the
stock of the farm should be young,
thrifty and vigorous. Early maturity is
the only road to success in these days of
intense competition.
In series of experiments made by
the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
on cabbage worms, the most efficaciOus
remedy was found to be mixture of one
ounce of pyrethrum with buckwheat
flour.
The best mode of treating a barren
spot In the fields is to manure it and
then sow some kird of crop (such as
buckwhaat or millet), to DE turned under
in a green state. Then scatter lime on it
and leave it till spring.
The product of swine can be preserved
q in, al
than the meat of any other animal. No
other kind of meat with six months age
will retain the delicious flavor of Il choice
sugar cured ham. This is big point in
| favor of pork-raising.
In blowing use a subsoiler to loosen
the hard-pan, or else gradually bring up
the heavy clay by sinking the pillow a lit
! tie deeper each year. Another profitable
| ing the clay to the surface and then
throwing it back again.
There is variety of gourd called the
"Nest Egg Gourd," the fruit of which is
| similar in size, color and shape to hens
egg. few cents will buy packet Of
seeds and they cost but little trouble to
raise. They Meth ar freeze or break, and
1t is easy to keep full supply at hand.
| Level culture is better than killing, as
it enables the cultivator and harrow to be
used with greater facility, while the rains
do not flow off as rapidly, which is a very
| important matter during dry seasons,
when light showers occur OILY at long in
| tervals.
| Better pay $500 for ram that is right
than to use poor one at no cost. Don't
Lat 20 fonl hot
the wool industry is depressed you know
also that other business is feeling the
same inconvenience. Good sheep-the
best sheep-will always be in demand.
Be more vigilant than ever during hot
weather as to filth and feed. Especially
guard against feeding green corn, VIII eat
or any other grain not matured, as in
quantity they will produce cholera it's
symptoms, much the same as in human
| beings. Give tonics and keep on hand
| the Douglas mixture.
Farmers everywhere should make it
| their business AS it is their rlght-to see
| for themselves that the proposed gift of
$4,000 year to each State for the in
st1tution of experiment stations by the
agricultural colleges, is applied strictly
to that purpose, and that the outcome
shall be as practical and serviceable as
able and faithful men can make it.
During the summer good use for house
Stops and wash water is in using them to
water plants. Utilize the cans-old fruit
cans Will answer. Punch a small hole in the
bottom. Set near the tomato, cucumber
and melon vines, or any other variety of
plants that need water. This furnishes
th 10 m iStura and a the sauna tim adds
good fertilizing material.
Nature has created in swine an appel
tie for roots, and has as an aid to that
procuring this variety of food provided
them with means for digging them up.
Roots are good for hogs, especially in the
winter when grass is dead, The sugar
beet is one Of the best of the cultivated
roots for hogs; it is easily grown, is
larger yielder, and will contribute to health
and growth.